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I must create a system, or be enslaved by another man’s. I will not reason and compare: my business is to create.

William Blake

The crow wished everything was black, the Owl, that everything was white.
WILLIAM BLAKE

Animal Black Thinking
He whose face gives no light, shall never become a star.
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Himself Light Stars
When I tell the truth, it is not for the sake of convincing those who do not know it, but for the sake of defending those that do.
WILLIAM BLAKE

Myself Talk Truth
The roaring of lions, the howling of wolves, the raging of the stormy sea, and the destructive sword, are portions of eternity, too great for the eye of man.
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Destruction Eyes Forever Greatness Man Sea Storm
The lamb misused breeds public strife And yet forgives the butcher’s knife.
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Animal Death Forgiveness
Think in the morning. Act in the noon. Eat in the evening. Sleep in the night.
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Act Eat Morning Night Thinking
The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom. You never know what is enough until you know what is more than enough.
WILLIAM BLAKE

Enough Philosophy Road Wisdom
And Priests in black gowns, were walking their rounds, And binding with briars, my joys & desires.
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Black Desire Joy Walk
Truth can never be told so as to be understood and not be believed.
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Believe Truth Understand
The thankful receiver bears a plentiful harvest.
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Gratitude Thankful
Enlightenment means taking full responsibility for your life.
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Life Responsibility
The imagination is not a state: it is the human existence itself.
WILLIAM BLAKE

Existence Human Imagination
If the doors of perception were cleansed, everything would appear to man as it is – infinite.
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Appearance Forever Philosophy
Prisons are built with stones of Law, Brothels with bricks of Religion
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Law Prison Religion
Those who control their passions do so because their passions are weak enough to be controlled.
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Control Enough Passionate Weakness
What is grand is necessarily obscure to weak men. That which can be made explicit to the idiot is not worth my care.
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Care Man Myself Necessary Weakness Worth

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